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Noun: price  prIs
  1. The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
    "he puts a high price on his services";
    - monetary value, cost
     
  2. The amount of money needed to purchase something
    "the price of petrol";
    - terms, damage
     
  3. Value measured by what must be given, done or undergone to obtain something
    "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?";
    - cost, toll
     
  4. The high value or worth of something
    "her price is far above rubies"
     
  5. A monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal
    "the cattle thief has a price on his head"
     
  6. Cost of bribing someone
    "they say that every politician has a price"
Verb: price  prIs
  1. Determine the price of
    "The grocer priced his wares high"
     
  2. Ascertain or learn the price of
    "Have you priced personal computers lately?"
Noun: Price  prIs
  1. United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
    - Leontyne Price, Mary Leontyne Price

Derived forms: prices, priced, pricing

Type of: ascertain, cost, determine, merit, reward, set, soprano, value, worth

Encyclopedia: Price, Robert